Landscape habit, uses: massed in front of borders, rock gardens
singly or in mass, cut flowers, containers; use for same appearance as
low fall asters

Other interest: name from Greek meaning "old man in spring" refering
to downy young leaves of some species in spring; ancient plant first mentioned
by Theophrastus; more popular in Europe than America although native to
US Pacific Northwest and British Columbia

pulchellus (pull-chell' us)--Poor Robin's Plantain, zones 3-7,
18-24" tall, rosy-purple flowers in early summer, native to eastern and
central US, can spread vigorously to 2' or more by stolons especially if
fertilized

speciosus (spee-cee-o' suss)-- Daisy Fleabane, zones 2-7, 20-30"
tall, purple flowers in summer, native to western US, can be a weedy wildflower,
seldom seen in gardens, a main parent of many hybrids; var. macranthus
is similar only with slightly larger flowers and ovate not lanceolate leaves;
also a parent of many hybrids